Allie Jacobs, one of the “juicers” who pick up the scooters each night to charge them, confirmed they were holding on to the Birds until at least Sunday.

Durham Transportation Director Terry Bellamy said the city has contacted the LimeBike and Spin companies. At least one’s working on it.

“Lime is proactively removing our scooters and bikes off the streets as well as alerting our juicers and riders in communities that could be impacted by Hurricane Florence,” Lime spokeswoman Mary Caroline Pruitt said. “We are doing whatever we can to help our local communities stay safe.”

On Tuesday evening, a few LimeBikes remained in downtown Durham. Efforts to reach Spin were unsuccessful.

Durham City-County Emergency Management Director Jim Groves said items around houses need to be out of the way when winds come. That includes grills, patio furniture and recycling bins.

“Think about what’s around your house that could become a projectile, because it probably will,” Groves said.

City of Raleigh Transportation Department employees removed tables from City Plaza on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh Wednesday morning ahead of Hurricane Florence, which is expected to bring wind and rain by Thursday night.

Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan dvaughan@heraldsun.com

City employees are also collecting and storing all public-space furniture for the duration of the storm.